My past
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"You've grown the nerves to talk to me like that", David said in his usual tone.
"Let me see if I have" she paused, putting her hands on her chin, making her look as if she was in thought.
"No I have not, am not just afraid of you again, '' she answered confidently. David smiled evilly.
“I see, I just said let me come and see my little sister who has just returned from a trip", David said arrogantly trying to remove the thought that he missed her from her mind.
She has really changed even from a far distance.
You will know she is malnourished, and her behavior has changed too.
The Daniella of before will be trembling as she talks to Daniel, Daniel still in a state of shock from the manner and the way she talked back to him.
"Thanks a lot for destroying my life, thanks a lot for damaging my personality" Daniella poured out in anger.
If only she could strangle David now, she would have done it.
She knew what this rehabilitation case had done to her. People around won't see her the same way as before, especially her parents who were highly disappointed in her if only they knew what happened.
"That's why I came to say sorry, but it looks like you will not be needing my sorry so I'll, " Daniel said, turning to the door.
"Daniella", David called out, interrupting Daniel as he entered her room. He was thinking that David wanted to continue from where he stopped, so he wanted to help by barging into her room.
"I'll be leaving, " Daniel said leaving the room.
"What did he tell you ?" David asked with a concerned look.
"Nothing much though, he just came to welcome me " Daniella said, faking a smile.
David looked at her with a smile, he knew she was lying just to cover up for Daniel and his suspicions that it was not Daniella who took those drugs.
He feels that Daniel has a hand in it, because even after Daniella's departure He still saw some drugs in Daniel's room. He tried showing his parents but they said maybe is one of Daniella's leftovers.
"Olivia" Olivia heard someone screaming her name and she knew it was her aunt Mrs. Mary Adekunle, As she tucked her hair inside her head warmer revealing her bright dark eyes, her fair face, a well shaped face with a nose that perfectly fit her face.
No wonder she was the second most beautiful in her class at school.
Olivia was an orphan. She lost her parents in a car crash and, due to some other circumstances, she could not inherit her parent's wealth because her parents were very wealthy.
She was then forced to live with her aunt, who turned out to be harsh on her.
Her phone, laptop and others, were seized by her aunt. She is only waiting till she turns eighteen before she can become independent and that's in the next two years.
"Olivia," her aunt shouted again, this time even higher.
"Am on my way" she said, running towards the kitchen.
She knows what her aunt is capable of if she calls her the third time, and was not ready to receive any beating that night.
"Where were you when I called you". Her aunt asked
"I was on my way to coming," Olivia answered, bending her head.
"Better for you, because you need to prepare the stew for tomorrow.
The ingredients are inside the cupboard", Her aunt said as she was leaving the kitchen.
“I don't want you burning the food this time. If you do, I won't take it lightly”, Mrs May shouted as she shut the kitchen door behind her.
It was already a usual routine for Olivia to be up at night due to the chores her aunt used to assign her, and she eventually uses it to read, but most of the time she sleeps off and gets the food burnt.
"Hey," Alexander said from behind.
“Alex? What're you doing here? You know your mom won't be happy if she sees you here, and I honestly don't need her bugging me anymore", Olivia cried out in alarm as she saw Alex's figure.
Alexander is one of Mrs Mary's children. He is actually the only one that keeps Olivia company and treats her nicely.
He looks more like his father with his brown eyes that he got from his mother, he is dark in complexion, has an average height, and he talks a lot, especially those he is fond of, like Olivia.
"Don't worry, mom is asleep already" he said, closing the kitchen door.
"So I came so that you will teach me, your tricks like how, do you pass your exams, tests and all of that", Alexander said, expecting an answer that was not reading.
"There is no trick there, I just read" Olivia said, putting the already sliced tomatoes into a bowel.
"You and I know that you have no time to read due to house chores”, Alexander said, trying to prove her wrong.
"That's the point you see I read at night when I do the cooking.
The time I spend waiting for the food to get ready I will just use it as an opportunity to read," Olivia said, facing Alexander with a smile on her face.
"Oh so you do read" Alexander said, then he paused.
"I never knew, " Alexander said in disbelief.
"Who's your crush in class?" Olivia asked, trying to bring up a topic as she folded her arms across her chest. "it's obvious that it is Christabel", Alexander said, smiling sheepishly.
"Wow, I thought it would be Anna, you know, you're too close to her and all that" Olivia said, while concentrating on what she was cooking.
"No, I don't think I can like Anna. She's just a friend. "
"Alex, what are you doing here?" Mrs Mary shouted as she opened the kitchen door.
Taking Olivia and Alexander by surprise,
Mrs. Mary was furious when she saw her son Alexander in the kitchen, when he was supposed to be in bed sleeping.
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